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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a caring self motivated enthusiastic Health Care Assistant  who is looking for a new challenge to work within the Community Heart Failure  service.

 You would be joining a friendly, flexible multi disciplinary team caring for people who have long term cardiac conditions. To work under the guidance and supervision of qualified members of staff to meet the needs of clients within Calderdale and to provide daily administration functions for the Heart Failure Team.

Main duties of the job

Able to create a professional nursing culture which is open to change, new ideas, concepts and innovation whilst reflecting organisational strategy and values.

Willing to develop new skills and participate in training in line with service development e.g.venepuncture.

Has an understanding and knowledge of community care procedure and practice (basic observations, catheter care, monitoring of blood sugar/blood pressure etc)

Participate, through appraisal, in matching organisational aims with personal objectives and supporting staff within their own area of responsibility to do the same.

Deliver all telephone and administrative duties in a courteous and friendly manner including efficient and timely message taking.

Responsibilities for booking rooms and assist with preparation and clearing of meeting rooms as and when required.

Provide administration support as required for the team within the service, including using Microsoft Office, excel, audits, emails, photocopying, filing, archiving, discharging patient records, registering, and scanning.

Address internal and external post and email enquiries.

Report any incidents in a timely manner.

Effective liaison with internal and external staff and organisations, such as GP practices across Calderdale, network and contact when needed

Ability to prioritise own workload and work towards specific weekly/monthly deadlines.

Always maintain strict confidentiality.

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza. 

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.